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Matthew 21:37

First Nations Version

“Finally he sent his son to them, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’

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“The Great Spirit loves this world of human beings so deeply he gave us his Son—the only Son who fully represents him. All who trust in him and his way will not come to a bad end, but will have the life of the world to come that never fades away, full of beauty and harmony.


Gift of Goodwill (John) finished by saying, “With my own eyes I have seen the one who has been chosen by the Great Spirit.”


“‘What can I do?’ he wondered. ‘I know,’ he said to himself, ‘I will send my much-loved son. They will have to respect him.’


“Finally, the vineyard owner had only one more that he could send—his much-loved son. So, last of all, he sent his own son to them. “‘They will respect my son,’ he said to himself.


A voice from the sky spoke like distant thunder, “This is my much-loved Son, who makes my heart glad!”


No one has ever seen the Great Spirit, but the one Son, who is himself the Great Spirit and closest to the Father’s heart, has shown us what he is like.


“Then the vineyard owner sent even more messengers than at first, but they did the same to them.


“But when they saw that he had sent his son, they said to each other, ‘This vineyard will one day belong to this son. If we kill him, we can take the vineyard for ourselves.’





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